Karen's Musings & Endurance Ride Stuff » fun and misc. http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog miscellaneous musings about horses, health and life in general Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:15:04 +0000 en hourly 1 Clipped my endurance horses http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2012/02/clipped-endurance-horses/ http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2012/02/clipped-endurance-horses/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:51:11 +0000 Karen Chaton http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/?p=8908 Chief after a full body clip. Feb 2012.

To clip or no to clip.  I finally gave in, and did it.  I did full body clips on both horses over the weekend.  When I clip, I like to do it a couple of weeks prior to a ride.

I had been putting clipping off because I just knew that winter was going to appear.  Didn’t happen.  Neither horse had started to shed either. 

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by Karen Chaton

Jan 2012

Pretty bay horses come in all shapes and sizes,

Shy and adventurous, full of surprises,

With a misshapen halo and

Mischievous grin,

Mine pulls out the stall mats and moves the feed bins,

Shakes every bucket and rattles each pail,

He carried me through history on the Pony

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What a ride season I have had.  I was just looking back at this post from last year when I listed my goals for the 2011 ride season.

Here is an excerpt where I discuss why I was

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Yay!  So without further ado, here they are:

1)  Overall Rider Results for XP & Sunrise Ranch Rides

2)  Overall Horse Results for XP  & Sunrise Ranch Rides

If anybody spots an error, let me know.

Congratulations to everyone who participated this year!

Next I’ll put together a list of the Gold, Silver and

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Since I began endurance riding about 10 years ago I have been asked many questions. Many of these questions had to do with which rides do I like best, how to do something and in general things you could find in a book or by trial and error. Recently, I had the

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I wrote a journal during the trip, which is here (from that link, click on my name – Karen Chaton).

I had the most amazing trip riding Granite Chief and Pro Bono 2040 miles on the Pony Express trail, from St. Joseph, MO to Virginia City, NV.

It was some adventure.  We

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]]> http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/07/summer/feed/ 9 Catching up, been riding! http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/04/catching-riding/ http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/04/catching-riding/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2011 21:14:04 +0000 Karen Chaton http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/?p=7762 It’s been a crazy fun month with all that I’ve had going on.  Obviously, I haven’t had time to do much blogging but did manage to get an occasional comment or photo posted on FB.

Had a really great trip going down early and helping with the Bar H ride.  I rode Chief and Bo each one day there.  From there I stayed at the Bar H for a few days before heading over

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This is a photo of all of the speakers and presenters – what an honor to be included in this group.  I had the best time talking about my horses, endurance riding, managing barefoot horses and also was able to get a word or two in about Renegade boots too.

I

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]]> http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/02/oz/feed/ 1 I want to be an XP rider….. http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/01/xp-rider-karen-chaton/ http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2011/01/xp-rider-karen-chaton/#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 19:59:45 +0000 Karen Chaton http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/?p=7459 by Karen Chaton

I wrote this in early 2001, printed it out and put it in my binder for the ’01 XP ride and I don’t think I’ve seen this since then, till last night.   My grandmother is now gone, so reading that part was really hard.  Her father (my great grandfather) rode a horse from Oklahoma City to New York and back twice, and from Oklahoma City to San Francisco, CA.  Grandma’s family

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